Stefan Mileschin

Probably not that trustworthy after all

Trusted Reviews has published a story claiming that Apple software is better at defeating viruses than any other operating system.

Without providing any statistical proof, Trusted Reviews repeated the old trope that “malware infections are far less common on macOS than for Windows.” But while admitting that this was probably because the macOS is less widely used, it insisted that it was because macOS had robust built-in security and rigorous protection against unsigned apps.

“The historic list of notable macOS malware makes for an extremely short Wikipedia entry. However, macOS malware discoveries in 2021 included a number of cross-platform viruses written in languages such as Go, Python, and Kotlin,” the article says.

The article admits that security researchers have found methods of evading Apple’s Gatekeeper, which checks to ensure that apps have been scanned and notarised by Apple as malware-free before allowing them to be installed.

It says it is true that hackers have found no problem attacking journalists, human rights activists and persecuted minority groups who use Apple software.

https://fudzilla.com/news/54708-trus...s-out-to-apple